Function Parameters

Functions begin to take on more life when they have parameters. You use parameters to give a function some inputs. We call these parts of a function parameters to indicate that they can change value depending on the data the caller passes into the function. The function takes the data passed to its parameters to execute a task or produce a result.

Create a function that prints a more personal greeting by using a parameter.

Listing 12.2 Using a parameter

import Cocoa

func printGreeting() {
     print("Hello, playground.")
}
printGreeting()

func printPersonalGreeting(name: String) {
     print("Hello \(name), welcome to your playground.")
}
printPersonalGreeting(name: "Matt")

printPersonalGreeting(name:) takes ...

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